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Accreditation
Geisinger Health System is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE),
and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Designation
Geisinger Health System designates this live activity
for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the educational activity.
Geisinger Health System designates this activity for 14
contact hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
The educational content of this program has been
endorsed by the PSRC.
Continuing Respiratory Care Education Credit
Application has been made to the American Association
for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education
contact hours for respiratory therapists.
For Information
Call 570-271-6692 or 800-272-6692, the CPD Office for
further information at any time. A 24-hour answering
service is available or you can e-mail us at
[email protected].
PAID
GEISINGER
DANVILLE, PA
The Henry Hood Center for Health Research is located
on the Geisinger Campus in Danville, Pennsylvania
(Montour County), Exit 224 on Interstate 80. Routes
11 and 54 also intersect in Danville. This activity will be
held in the Auditorium located on the Main Floor of The
Henry Hood Center for Health Research. A map will be
sent with your confirmation letter.
James Geiling MD, MPH
Chief, Medical Service
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
White River Junction, VT
Professor of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Barbara McLean MN, RN, CCRN, CCNS, NP-BC, FCCM
Critical Care Specialist
Grady Memorial Hospital
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Geisinger Health System Faculty
Abbas Ali MD
Associate, Critical Care
Susan Baro DO, FACS
Associate, General Surgery
Kelli Eichenlaub RN, BSN, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Nursing Education
Molly Gratti RN, BSN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Nursing Education
Srikanth Hosur MD
Associate, Adult Critical Care
Karen Korzick MD, FCCP
Associate, Critical Care
William Loder MD
Associate, Anesthesia
Patricia Maani-Fogelman DNP
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Pulmonary Medicine
Yatin Mehta MD
Associate, Adult Critical Care
Nithya Menon MD
Fellow, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Angela Miller MBA, SSBB
Project Manager, Division of Medicine
Mohammad Mogri MD
Associate, Pulmonary Medicine
Alexia Noutsios DO
Fellow, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Mary Jane Reed MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP
Activity Director
Associate, Adult Critical Care
Patricio Sanchez MD
Associate, Adult Critical Care
Joseph Smith MD, MSc
Associate, Adult Critical Care
Glenn Steele Jr. MD, PhD
President and CEO, Geisinger Health System
Robert Strony DO
Associate, Emergency Medicine
Jaya Prakash Sugunaraj MD
Fellow, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Luis Urrutia MD
Associate, Adult Critical Care
Brian Walsh DO
Fellow, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Ruby Weller CRNP, MSN
Nurse Practitioner II, Pulmonary Medicine
Kenneth Widom MD
Associate, General Surgery
The Center for Continuing
Professional Development
presents
5th Annual
Critical Care
Symposium
April 23 & 24, 2015
The Henry Hood Center
for Health Research
Danville, PA
Center for Continuing
Professional Development
100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-1350
Location
Guest Faculty
NON-PROFIT ORG.
US POSTAGE
General Information
https://cmetracker.net/GEISINGERCME/Catalog?EventID=117377
2:00 p.m. Session A - Burnout in the ICU- How to Debrief
as a Team
Dr. Korzick
Session B - Difficult Airway
Dr. Sanchez and Dr. Loder
3:30 p.m. Geisinger’s Role in Health Care Transformation:
Past-Present-Future
Dr. Steele
4:25 p.m. Evaluations and Adjournment
4:30 p.m. Reception with Dr. Steele
registration form)
2:00 p.m. Session C - Rapid Assessment in the ICU using
ECHO/US
Dr. Strony and Dr. Ali
Session D - Prone Positioning Techniques for
Nurses
Dr. Sugunaraj, Ms. Eichenlaub RN, BSN, CCRN and
Ms. Gratti RN, BSN
3:30 p.m. Evaluations and Adjournment
Card
Day(s) Attending:  Thur.  Fri.  Both
Please select which workshops you will
be attending. One each day.
Thursday  Session A  Session B
Friday
 Session C  Session D
Card Holder’s Signature ____________________________________________________________
registration form)
Person’s Name as it appears on the credit card________________________________________
Faculty and all others who have the ability to control
the content of continuing medical education activities
sponsored by the Geisinger Health System are expected
to disclose to the program audience whether they do or
do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest
or other relationships related to the content of their
presentation(s).
10:10 a.m. Intra-abdominal HTN/Compartment Syndrome
Dr. Widom
10:50 a.m. What’s New in Sepsis - Early Gold Directed
Therapy
Dr. Memon
11:30 a.m. Cardiac Assist Devices in the ICU
Dr. Urrutia
12:55 p.m. Luncheon will be provided
1:00 p.m. A Fine Balance: Integrating Palliative Care in the
ICU
Ms. Weller CRNP, MSN and Dr. Maani-Fogelman
Breakout Sessions (please select one session on
Card# ___________________________________________ Expiration Date _______________
Disclosure Policy
9:55 a.m. Year in Review - Critical Care
Dr. Mogri
10:35 a.m. Global Disease
Dr. Geiling
11:15 a.m. Subarachnoid Bleed - Management Strategies Past, Present and Future
Dr. Mehta
11:55 a.m. Luncheon will be provided
12:40 p.m. ICU Delirium and Sedation Practices Updates
Dr. Korzick
1:20 p.m. On the Front Line: Disaster Care in Any Situation
Ms. McLean MN, RN, CCRN, CCNS, NP-BC, FCCM
Breakout Sessions (please select one session on
®
7:45 a.m. Introduction and Opening Remarks
Dr. Reed and Ms. Miller MBA, SSBB
8:00 a.m. 30 Years of Medicine
Dr. Smith
8:40 a.m. Management Strategies of Geriatric Trauma
Patients
Dr. Baro
9:20 a.m. Patient Ventilator Dyssynchrony
Dr. Walsh
10:00 a.m. Nutrition Break
®
7:30 a.m. Introduction and Opening Remarks
Dr. Reed and Ms. Miller MBA, SSBB
7:40 a.m. Review of Acute Liver Failure in the ICU
Dr. Noutsios
8:20 a.m. Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU
Dr. Hosur
9:00 a.m. Transfusion Thresholds
Dr. Reed
9:40 a.m. Nutrition Break
 Enclosed is my check payable to: Geisinger
 Please charge registration fee to my VISA /MC/AMEX/Discover
7:00 a.m. Registration/ Continental Breakfast
) _________________________________ GHS Mail Code _____________ E-mail address__________________________________________
7:00 a.m. Registration/ Continental Breakfast
At the completion of this course, the participant should be
able to:
• evaluate and prepare for management of the difficult
airway patient
• describe the techniques used to safely prone an adult
patient
• interpret hemodynamic data and static markers
• identify arterial pressure cardiac output devices
• identify indications for prone positioning in the ARDS
patient
• identify the pathophysiology of intra-abdominal
hypertension/abdominal compartment syndrome and
the therapeutic options
• describe indications for prone positioning ventilation
and safety measures
• identify evidence-based management techniques of
SAH
• identify acute liver failure and initiating evidence-based
treatment and timely transplant evaluation
Day Phone No. (
Objectives
Place of Employment ___________________________________________ Occupation/Specialty ________________________________________________
Friday, April 24, 2015
Home Address _______________________________________________________ Town _____________________________ State _________ Zip__________
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Name__________________________________________________________ GHS Employee Number (if applicable) ____________________________________
Program
Registration Deadline: April 16, 2015
Registration Fee: $135.00 both days or $75.00 per day
Program
Registration
Critical Care Symposium
April 23 & 24, 2015
Mail to:
Geisinger Health System
CPD Center
100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-1350
This course is designed for residents, critical care
physicians, hospitalists, critical care surgeons, pharmacists,
nursing personnel, respiratory therapists, advanced
practitioners and all others who care for patients in the
Intensive Care Unit.
Critical Care Symposium • April 23 & 24, 2015
Intended Audience